Power-transmission apparatus



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POWER TRANSMISSION APPARATUS.

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Patented Nov. 25, 1919.

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APPLICATION FILIED OCT. I21 1917.

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CLINTON H. IPOOLER, JR., OF RAPID CITY, SOUTH DAKOTA.

POWER-TRANSMISSION APPARATUS.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Nov. 25, 1919.

Application filed October 12, 1917. Serial No. 196,212.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, CLINTON H. POOLER, J r., a citizen of the United States, residing at Rapid City, in the county of Pennington and State of SouthDakota,have invented new and useful Improvements in Power- Transmission Apparatus, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to power transmission apparatus, the object of the invention being to produce simple, practical and economical means for driving one or more electric generators, enabling electric energy to be generated at a comparatively low cost.

A further object of the invention is to produce a machine which will utilize the centrifugal action on water or other liquid for the purpose of driving one or more turbines, from which the power developed thereby is transmitted to theelectric generating means.

The invention does away with the necessity ofusing waterfalls, embodying simple means for imparting the necessary velocity to the water to drive the mechanism above referred to. The principal advantage of the invention resides in the greatly reduced cost in generating electrical energy.

With the above and other objects in view, the invention consists in the novel construction, combination and arrangement of parts, herein, described, illustrated and claimed.

. In the accompanying drawings Figurerl i a vertical sectional view taken about centrally of the machine, with cer tain parts in elevation. p

v Fig. 2 is a plan view of the machine with 7 parts broken away.

Fig. 3 is a fragmentary side elevation showing one of the trucks.

Fig. 4 is a vertical sectional view similar to Fig. 1 showing certain modifications. Fig. 5 is a plan view of the structure shown in Fig. 4. I

The improved apparatus or machine comprises as one of the essential features thereof a water reservoir 1 of a size commensurate with the power to be developed. As illustrated in the drawings, the reservoir 1 is mountedupon a solid foundation 2 and is of circular or annular formation.

Supported by the reservoir 1 adjacent to the top edge thereof is an annular rail support 3 upon which is secured a circular track rail 4. Rotatably mounted within the reser.

ers 7 are two shafts 11 having flanged wheels or rollers 12 which roll upon the annular track rail 4. In this manner the turn table or platform 5 is supported at a plurality of places and adapted to rotate freely and rapidly with a minimum amount of friction.

Arranged centrally of the platform is a housing 13 shown as containing a plurality of dynamos or electric generators 14. Any desired number of generators 14 may be employed according to the amount of electrical energy to be developed. Each generator14 is driven by a shaft 15 which extends outwardly through a bearing 16 on the plat form 5. The shaft 15 has fast on the other end thereof a bevel gear 17 which meshes with and is driven by a bevel gear 18 on a vertical shaft 19. The shaft 19 is journaled in bearings. 20 on the casing 21 of a water wheel or turbine 22 having a plurality of blades 23. The casing 21 is of cylindrical formation and is connected by a conduit or flume 24 with a central frusto-conical water chamber 25 the lower open center of which is always submerged in the water as'indic-ated in-Fig. 1. Each of the casings 21 also has an outlet 26 to permit the water to return to the reservoir 1. Therefore the water level in the reservoir is practically constant.

Within the chamber 25 there is arranged a plurality of blades or partitions 27 radiating from a common center as shown in Fig. 2, said blades serving to gather up the water and impart the necessary velocity thereto to cause the water to pass outwardly through the flumes or conduits 24, aided by centrifugal action produced by the rapid rotation of the platform 5. Upon reaching the turbine casings 21, the water under full velocity acts upon the blades of the turbine, imparting rotar'y motion to said turbines, which in turn transmit their motionto the generators 14 by the connections hereinabove described.

The means for driving the turn table 01 platform 5, comprises a central vertical shaft 28 secured at its lower end to the platform and extending, upwardly through a bearing 29 which is sup orted by overhead beams 30 which radiate -om the bearing 29 and are supported at their outer ends by psts31 extending upwardly from brackets 32 fastened to the outer side of the reservoir 1' as shown for example in Fig. 1. The shaft 28 has fast thereon a bevel gear 33 which meshes with and is driven by another bevel gear 34 on a horizontal shaft 35 driven by an engine or motor 36 of any suitable descriptlon such as an internal combustion engine, said engine being supportedby and upon the beams 30. The shaft 35 is journaled in a bearing 37 supported by a pedestal 38 in turn supported by the beams 30. C01- lector rings 39' surround the shaft 28 and cooperate with brushes 40 from which electrical conductors 41 extend oil in order to convey the current generated to any desired point such as a storage "battery or any machine to be driven. Lead wires 42carry'the current developed by the generators 14 to the collector rings 39.

, Instead of employing the particular form of turbine illustrated in Figs. 1 and 2, the driving means illustrated in Figs. 4 and 5. may be employed. As shown in Fi 4 and 5, each of the generator driving s afts 15 has fast thereon propeller-like blades 43 which are arranged in casings 44 at the outer ends of the fiumes or conduits 24 hereinabove-described. This simplifies the construction illustrated in the preceding figures by doing away with the bevel gears 17 and 18'and the vertical shafts 19. Under either construction'the water thrown outwardly at great velocity by centrifugal action is used to drive the water wheels or blades or turbines and the ower generated thereby is transmitted to t e generators 14. The enerators are arranged within the water-tight housing 13above described and are thereb protected from the action of the water. ft will be observed that no pumps are required nor any water elevating means which would add to the expense of the apparatus. The water is used over and over again and the level thereof practically remains constant. The flumes may be made of any desired length, it being understood that the' longer "the fiume the greater will be the water pressure on the'turbine on accountof the increased'centrifugal force, and thelarger the machine, the slower the speed required to produce a prcdetern'iined energy.

I claim:

1. In power transmission apparatus, the combination of a liquid reservoir, a table mounted for rotative movement therein, means for imparting motion to said table, a liquid receiving chamber depending centrally from said table and submerged in the liquid in the reservoir, liquid propelling .means in said chamber, conduits radiating from said liquid chamber, bladed wheels arranged inthe path of the liquid moving outwardly through said conduits, and transmission means supported by said table and driven by said bladed wheels.

2. In power transmission apparatus, the combination of a liquid reservoir, a table mounted for rotative movement therein, means for imparting motion to said table, a liquid receiving chamber depending centrally from said table and submerged inthe liquid in the reservoir, liquid propelling means in said chamber, conduits radiatingfrom said'liquid chamber, and bladed power transmittingwheels arranged in thepath of the liquid moving outwardly through said conduits, the liquid passing through said conduits being discharged within saidreservoir.

3. In power transmission apparatus, the combination of a liquid reservoir, :1 tabie mounted for rotative movement therein, means for im arting motion to said table, a liquid receiving chamber depending centrally from said tableandsubmerged in the liquid in the reservoir, liquid propelling means in said chamber, conduits ra iating from said liquid chamber, bladed power" transmitting-wheels arranged in-the pathof the liquid moving outwardly through-said conduits, and supporting means for said table having rollers which traverse said rail.

4'. In power transmission apparatus, the

combination of a liquid reservoir, a table mounted for rotative movement therein, means. for imparting motionto said toble, a liquid receiving chamber depending 00atrally from said table andsubmergediin tiim liquid in the reservoir, liquid pro'pefling means in said chamber, conduits radiating from said liquid chamber, bladed power transmitting wheels arranged in'the path of the liquid moving outwardly through said" conduits; a circular series of supportinghangers having a fixed relmtionto said table, rollers journaled in said hangers, and an voir upon which said nollers'run.

' annular track'rail supported by said reser 5; In power transmission apparatus; the

combination of a liquid reservoir, a table mounted for rotative movement therein, means for im arting motion-to said tabieg'a liquid receiving chamber depending cantrally from said table and submerged in the liquid in the reservoir, conduits radiating from said liquid chamber, bladed power transmitting wheels arranged in the path of 5 the liquid moving outwardly through said conduits, and liquid actuating blades within said liquid chamber.

6. In power transmission apparatus, the combination of a water reservoir, a water 10 gathering chamber having a portion thereof submerged in said reservoir, flumes radiating from said liquid gathering chamber, water gathering blades in said chamber, means for imparting rotary motion to said chamber and flumes, and power transmitting means actuated by the water passing outwardly through said flumes.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature.

CLINTON H. POOLER, JR. 

